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Best performances - Batsmen

Nat Sciver-Brunt
57(50) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 18 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
2 5 17 1 1 5 6 20
Q Joseph
52(38) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 13 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
0 1 7 9 25 1 4 5

Best performances - Bowlers

ASS Fletcher
O4
M0
R21
W3
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
HK Matthews
O4
M0
R35
W2
Eco8.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | WI-W: 144/4 | RR: 8.00

  • Aaliyah Alleyne8 (4b)
  • Chinelle Henry0 (0b)
  • Sophie Ecclestone4-0-23-1
  • Nat Sciver-Brunt4-0-33-1

9:35pm And...breathe. Another riveting day of Women's T20 World Cup action, ending in pure delirium for one, and utter disappointment for the other. More of that, of course, is lined up, and we will be back at it on Thursday with the first semi-final. Until then, this is goodbye from Raghav and myself. Take care, everyone, and hope to see you on Thursday!

9:30pm The dates are set. The teams have also been finalized now. It will be Australia versus South Africa in Dubai on October 17, with New Zealand taking on the West Indies a day later in Sharjah. Two past winners, including the defending champions, and two teams that have lost finals before. A tantalizing semi-final line-up, which promises a whole heap of drama.

Hayley Matthews, West Indies captain: I don't think many people had us (as semi-finalists). Incredibly proud of the group. Up against the odds tonight but to put up a performance like that with the bat, Joseph scoring her first T20I fifty - what a time to do that. For the first six or so overs of our innings, it did slide on a bit (better). We have been chasing (before in this tournament) and we back ourselves to knock off whatever runs are put on the board. Important to take tomorrow off but to then get right back to it. We have not won the World Cup yet. It will be a big game against NZ and we are up for the challenge. Everyone knows their roles, what they want to do and on the day, we want to execute. (On today's performance) Pretty close (to perfection). We bowled really well but we did let up in the field. Feel we are peaking at the right time, and hopefully we can see something even better in the semi-final. This is exactly what I wanted (in my 100th T20I)

Heather Knight, England captain: (On how she is feeling) Frustrated. Bad timing for me and tough to watch. Credit to them, they came at us hard, played the conditions well and put us under the pump. Tough to take but credit to Hayley and her team. (On the score) I don't think we were far off. There was a bit of turn in the surface, and was tough at times (to bat on). We bowled too short and they played it well. That partnership was top-quality and put us under the pump. (On her calf injury) Little tweak. I was strapped up, ready to come in and hit a few but yeah, frustrated. We will be judged on today. In a tournament like this, you slip up once and it can be costly. Very frustrated but very proud of the girls and they fight they have shown.

Jamie: "Congratulations, West Indies! You have thoroughly outplayed England tonight, particularly with the bat. England will know this was a game they could have won (e.g. by taking catches), but they crumbled badly under pressure, and that too is partly down to WI who applied that pressure!"

Qiana Joseph, speaking to the broadcaster after collecting her Player of the Match award and after shaking a leg in celebration: She (Matthews) told me to just back myself and to watch the ball, and go through with the line of the ball. I was real aggressive at the start and that followed me through my innings. It was a bit challenging at first but I backed myself and played through the line. (On her first fifty and doing it in a pressure game) I feel real happy and I could not do it without Jesus Christ and my teammates supporting me all along the way.

9:15pm England do not know where to look. England do not know what has hit them. England do not know how something that felt so good till about four hours ago, fell apart so badly in an hour and a half. It was, simply put, a very bad day at the office and they chose the worst possible moment to have that bad day. The early pace-setters in Group B, the only unbeaten team apart from Australia (before tonight), now has to pack their bags and return home.

As for the West Indies, well, take a bow. They had their backs against the wall, especially chasing 142 on what seemed a tricky wicket and against a very good bowling attack. But when backed into a corner, they did what Caribbean outfits usually do, and they came out swinging. And they came out swinging with the sort of vigour that you would associate with a team that is going to the final four.

Joseph and Matthews set the tone and England simply had no answers. They kept coming hard at England and they did so for a prolonged period, racing away to 67-0 in the powerplay and effectively killing the chase. There was a phase where the nerves would have jangled, especially once the openers were dismissed in quick succession but Dottin's 19-ball 27 calmed those nerves and gave WI the platform to romp past the finish line.

17.6
4
Ecclestone to Alleyne, FOUR, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and now 2024: the West Indies are back to where they feel they belong - in the semi-final, and within two games of repeating their 2016 heroics all over again! A cracking Caribbean performance and they have doused England in the desert, beating them for the first time in 14 T20Is, and beating them away from home for the first time in more than 10 years! Ecclestone was going for the yorker again but ended up bowling a low full toss outside off. Alleyne held her nerve and threaded this wonderfully between extra cover and cover. The fielder gave chase but could not pull it back in. Screams of delight in the West Indian camp - they have come to Dubai tonight, and they have run over one of the pre-tournament favourites!
17.5
0
Ecclestone to Alleyne, no run, into the blockhole on middle and off. Alleyne digs it out towards the bowler
17.4
0
Ecclestone to Alleyne, no run, slowed up on a length on off. Drifts into the batter before pitching and ripping away past the outside edge
17.3
4
Ecclestone to Alleyne, FOUR, first-ball boundary for Alleyne, and the West Indies are on the cusp now! Juicy full toss outside off. Alleyne cannot believe her luck and cracks this through cover!
17.2
W
Ecclestone to Dottin, OUT, Ecclestone knocks Dottin over!! Surely there isn't another twist in this tale? Full toss slanted into middle and off. Dottin pre-meditates the paddle and walks too far across. Fails to get bat on it and hears the death rattle soon after. Trudges back to the shed - she knows she should have been there right at the end but now, someone else will have to hit the winning runs!

DJS Dottin b Ecclestone 27 (19m 19b 2x4 2x6) SR: 142.10

17.1
0
Ecclestone to Dottin, no run, fizzed in very full on middle and off. Dottin jams her bat down in time and keeps it out

WI Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st102HK MatthewsQ Joseph
2nd2SA CampbelleHK Matthews
3rd32DJS DottinSA Campbelle
4th0DJS DottinCA Henry
5th8CA HenryAA Alleyne